Push/Fold Chart (5–20bb)
A push/fold chart tells a short-stacked tournament player which hands to move all-in with from each position — because below roughly 15 big blinds, shove-or-fold beats every raise-and-guess line. Pick your stack and seat below; ranges are simplified Nash solutions, rounded for memorization. Free, no signup.
Everything else: fold (at these depths, open-shoving or folding beats raise-folding for most stacks under ~15bb).
Simplified from published Nash jam-or-fold solutions, rounded for memorization. Assumes everyone folded to you and no ICM pressure — tighten near bubbles and pay jumps.
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Every shove range, as text
The same ranges the selector renders, written out — handy for study notes. Percentages are approximate combo-shares of all 1,326 starting hands.
5 big blinds
Early position (UTG/LJ) (≈21%): 22+, A2s+, A7o+, K9s+, KJo+, QTs+, QJo, JTs
Middle position (HJ) (≈26%): 22+, A2s+, A4o+, K7s+, KTo+, Q9s+, QJo, J9s+, T9s
Cutoff (≈33%): 22+, A2+, K4s+, K9o+, Q7s+, QTo+, J8s+, JTo, T8s+, 98s
Button (≈40%): 22+, A2+, K2s+, K7o+, Q4s+, Q9o+, J7s+, J9o+, T7s+, T9o, 97s+, 87s, 76s
Small blind (≈100%): Any two cards
10 big blinds
Early position (UTG/LJ) (≈10%): 55+, A9s+, ATo+, KQs
Middle position (HJ) (≈14%): 44+, A7s+, A9o+, KTs+, KQo, QJs
Cutoff (≈22%): 22+, A2s+, A7o+, K9s+, KJo+, Q9s+, QJo, J9s+, T9s
Button (≈32%): 22+, A2+, K5s+, K9o+, Q8s+, QTo+, J8s+, JTo, T8s+, 98s
Small blind (≈39%): 22+, A2+, K2s+, K7o+, Q4s+, Q9o+, J7s+, J9o+, T7s+, 97s+, 87s
15 big blinds
Early position (UTG/LJ) (≈8%): 77+, ATs+, AJo+, KQs
Middle position (HJ) (≈11%): 66+, A9s+, ATo+, KJs+, KQo
Cutoff (≈15%): 44+, A7s+, A9o+, KTs+, KJo+, QTs+
Button (≈22%): 22+, A2s+, A7o+, K9s+, KTo+, Q9s+, QJo, J9s+, T9s
Small blind (≈27%): 22+, A2s+, A4o+, K7s+, KTo+, Q8s+, QJo, J8s+, T8s+, 98s
20 big blinds
Early position (UTG/LJ) (≈5%): 99+, AJs+, AQo+
Middle position (HJ) (≈7%): 88+, ATs+, AJo+, KQs
Cutoff (≈11%): 66+, A9s+, ATo+, KJs+, KQo
Button (≈15%): 44+, A7s+, A9o+, KTs+, KJo+, QTs+, JTs
Small blind (≈18%): 33+, A4s+, A8o+, K9s+, KJo+, QTs+, JTs
How do you read these ranges?
Standard notation: 22+ means every pocket pair from 22 up. A7s+ means ace-seven suited and every better suited ace. KQo is king-queen offsuit. Ranges assume the pot is unopened — if someone raised or shoved in front of you, you're in a calling decision, which is a different (much tighter) chart. And the deeper your stack, the more position matters: at 20bb the early-position shove range is a fifth the size of the small blind's.
Push/fold FAQ
What is push/fold strategy?
When your tournament stack gets short — roughly 15 big blinds or fewer — your only two profitable opening moves in most spots are moving all-in or folding. Raising small commits too much of your stack to fold later, so the raise-then-fold line bleeds chips. Push/fold charts tell you exactly which hands to shove from each position at each stack depth.
At what stack size should you switch to push/fold?
Common guidance: below ~15bb open-shoving becomes the default from most positions; between 15–20bb it's position-dependent (late-position min-raises are still fine); below 10bb virtually every open should be a shove or a fold. The deeper truth is fold equity: a shove has to threaten enough chips to make opponents fold — at 5bb nobody folds, so you're shoving for value and any-two from the small blind.
Why are these called Nash ranges?
They come from game-theory solutions to the jam-or-fold game — the equilibrium ranges where neither the shover nor the callers can profitably deviate. The versions here are simplified: borderline mixed hands are rounded so the chart is memorizable, which costs a trivial amount of EV compared to misplaying clear shoves.
Do these charts account for ICM?
No — they're chip-EV baselines that assume everyone folded to you and no payout pressure. Near a bubble or big pay jump, ICM makes calling ranges tighten a lot and shoving ranges tighten somewhat, especially with medium stacks that can ladder. Treat these as the starting point and tighten in high-pressure spots.
Should you ever open-limp or min-raise short?
Modern short-stack theory allows some limps and min-raises at 15bb+ (especially from the small blind or with a hand you'd call a shove with), but they require a plan for every response. The chart's virtue is that a shove has no postflop decisions to misplay — for most players below 15bb, jam-or-fold is both simpler and higher EV than their mixed alternative.